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Roffey, Monique.
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Costa Book Awards.
Fishers -- Fiction.
Mermaids -- Fiction.
Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.
Caribbean Area -- Fiction.
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Roffey, Monique.
Costa Book Awards.
Fishers -- Fiction.
Mermaids -- Fiction.
Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.
Caribbean Area -- Fiction.
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The
mermaid
of
Black
Conch
/ Monique Roffey.
by
Roffey, Monique.
Peepal Tree Press, 2020.
Call #:
FICTION ROF
Subjects
Costa Book Awards.
Fishers -- Fiction.
Mermaids -- Fiction.
Blessing and cursing -- Fiction.
Caribbean Area -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781845234577 (trade pbk.)
Description:
188 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
"April 1976: St Constance, a tiny Caribbean village on the island of
Black
Conch
, at the start of the rainy season. A fisherman sings to himself in his pirogue, waiting for a catch - but attracts a sea-dweller he doesn't expect. Aycayia, a beautiful young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a
mermaid
, has been swimming the Caribbean Sea for centuries. And she is entranced by this man David and his song."--Publisher description.
Awards:
Winner of the Costa Book of the Year, 2020.
Genre:
Love stories.
Magic realism (Literature)
Literary fiction.
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